hi folks,


this little how-to will explain you how to easily mount network shares (in this case Samba shares) onto the internal memory, sdcard, usb stick. If you do this you can 'trick' the player in thinking it is local storage and therefore you will be able to scan those folders as well. Since alot of different apps are unable to browse the network this comes in handy.
As an easy example i use this to mount my DVD Folders from my Ubuntu Server and than with Daroon player i set it's default location to this mountpoint so i can watch DVD's including menu's from my Server. Believe me it sounds more complicated than it is


Things you need:
1. rooted VEOLO via z4root (check viewtopic.php?f=185&t=17117 )
2. cifs manager from android market or from: http://androiddev.orkitra.com/download/ ... 0986978719
3. root explorer (i use this to have access to root on the player. It is not needed though but i like it.)
4. usb stick / sdcard / internal storage


How-to:

1. install z4root.apk and root the veolo + reboot
2. install root explorer .apk (this is optional you don't need it to mount
3. install cifs manager.apk and open it

4. cifs manager:
4.1. open it and give it superuser rights permanently (after VEOLO is rooted you can do that:))
4.2. press 'menu' and goto 'settings'
4.2.1. activate 'load cifs module' and eventually set 'mount point prefix' to the location you want it to be mounted in - in my example i use my usb stick (mnt/sda/sda1)
4.2.2. press 'back' and than 'menu' again to choose 'add new share'
4.2.3. set 'share path' to your nas / laptop / pc i.e. '192.168.0.20/movies'
4.2.4. set 'mount point' somewhere on veolos local storage i.e. 'mnt/sda/sda1/movies' in my case for usb stick (folder 'movies' on usb stick will be automatically created)
4.2.5. set username / password and let options empty (i test this with login 'guest' and no password, guest account on computer has to be activated than)
4.2.6. click on 'save share'
4.2.7. now you will see the share in cifs manager and if you click on it, it will mount it

5. (optional) just to be sure you can use now root explorer to check if this directory was successfully mounted - you browse to /mnt/sda/sda1/movies and should see your remote content:)

6. press 'home' and goto SETUP -> SYSTEM -> Storage Management -> Rescan Storage and choose the location where you mounted the folder in my case the usb stick.
6.1. on bottom of the screen click ' start scanning'

Your network location has now been scanned and you can access your files via 'music' 'video player' and 'gallery' from the home screen as well.
This is for testing purposes for now and it will obviously need to rescan this after a reboot since it doesn't build some kind of index. Anyhow scanning via wireless works fast in my test from my ubuntu server as well as from my windows 7 machine.

The downside at the moment is that it will 'loose' the mount after a reboot so you will need to open cifs manager again and just click on your mount and rescan storage. But this is basically just 2 clicks once you setup the CIFS Manager and have rooted your Device.

Suggestions & Questions are always welcome!

best regards,

Hi Arne, thanks for the howto
but I did not get any nfs mount within cifsmanager I assume something is missing but I I didnt found out what- did someone else got it working? and is there any ETA for the automaticaly load of shares during bootup.

In the meantime I tested mount manager https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twimager.cifsmanager&hl=de and this mount the nfs shares without any issue.
I have a synology diskstation which provides cif & nfs shares and for me it looks like, that the veolo box works better/stable, faster, smooth together with nfs shares as cif shares.

However mount manager is also not able to start the shares during startup, but compared to cifsmanager, there is a nice toggle to switch on all shares at once which you have configured when you open the app.

Brujo

Hi Brujo,

thanks for sharing your experiences! Obviously NFS is always the superior choice in terms of speed. I decided to put up the how-to for cifs shares since this is most commonly used and usually easier to understand for people.
Of course if you're using a nas or linux server of any kind that supports nfs this seems to be the 1st choice.

No timeline on mounting shares on bootup but i'll try again to check if it can be done manually with one of the apps.

cheers,

afaik to get autoconnect working it needs for both cifsmanager & mountmanager ther proper cifs.ko files for the veolo box.

Well after a full day with nfs mount to my photos folder on the nas within ~10000 Pics the gallery app still works but it seems not to be forseen for such amount of pics, still lacks in loadtime and thumbpreview creation .

I also checked for testing the quickpic /justpic gallery app from market and both looks more promising within the loadspeed and thumb creation and the speed is acceptable.

Brujo

Agreed, i finally had time to test those alternative gallery apps and indeed just-pictures is pretty cool. Loaded all my pictures pretty quick from all sources = recommended

Justpictures: http://www.justpictures-android.com/
Android Market: Link

Once again thanks for sharing & best regards,

and not only performance feels better also it has additional functions which makes Veolo kind of a smart usable unit for the picture handling....

Link to widget Section: http://www.acryan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=17731
Link to: [solved] send photos via Email http://www.acryan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=184&t=17662

Brujo

I followed the instructions just without the root explorer. I went to the market and it costs 5 bucks to own it so I didn't go for it.

I managed to get the CFIS to find my NAS but when I got to the video player app, nothing came out.

I used to be able to access my NAS through the file explorer but after a while it stopped working.

Did I miss a step?

Did you rescan the storage after you successfully mounted your network shares onto a directory in the VEOLO? You can try to goto SETUP -> SYSTEM -> Storage Management -> Rescan Storage. Here you choose which storage to rescan. If you mounted onto external usb/sd/hdd you choose the external ones. If you mounted it in the system of the VEOLO you just choose C: Default Storage

hope this helps & br,

I'm trying to install the apps attached but all of them are giving me the same error , something about parsing (Parse Error - There is a problem parsing the package). I googled it and as far as i understood , i had to allow 3'd party apps to be installed l, i mean the ones that are not from the market place. The strange fact is that even if the option is checked or not i have the same error when trying to install them . I installed other apps , that i already had downloaded and some other apps are working.
Sorry if my question is silly but i'm not really experienced with Android environment .

P.S.Thank you guys for the support , you're doing a great job

Do you also get this problem on the z4root .apk from xda forum? This should work actually. The rest you can also get from the official google play market.

cheers,